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Got an English text and want to see how to pronounce it? This app will turn your English text into its phonetic transcription using International Phonetic Alphabet.
Features:
- See phonetic transcription of the whole text, not just the dictionary forms of separate words.
- Choose between British and American* pronunciation. When British dialect is selected the [r] sound at the end of the word is only voiced if followed by a vowel, which follows British phonetic convention.
- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used.
- The structure of the text and sentences in it (line breaks, punctuation marks, etc.) is preserved in phonetic transcription output making it easier to read.
- An option to vary pronunciation depending on whether words are in stressed or weak position in the sentence, as in connected speech.
- In addition to commonly used vocabulary the database contains a very substantial amount of place names (including names of countries, their capitals, US states, UK counties), nationalities and popular names.
- Where a word has a number of possible pronunciations (highlighted in blue in the output) you can select the one that agrees with the context by tapping on it.
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International Phonetic Alphabet Download Mac Version
This chart contains all the sounds (phonemes) used in the English language. For each sound, it gives:
The symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as usedin phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionariesfor English learners — that is, in A. C. Gimson’s phonemic systemwith a few additional symbols.
The chart represents British and American phonemes with one symbol. One symbol canmean two different phonemes in American and British English. See the footnotes for British-only and American-only symbols.
- Two English words which use the sound. The underline shows where the sound is heard.
- The links labeled AM and BR play sound recordingswhere the words are pronounced in American and British English.The British version is given only where it is verydifferent from the American version.
To print the chart, use the printable PDF version.
| IPA | examples | listen | |
|---|---|---|---|
ʌ | cup, luck | AM | |
ɑ: | arm, father | ||
æ | cat, black | AM | |
e | met, bed | AM | 1 |
ə | away, cinema | AM | 2 |
ɜ:ʳ | turn, learn | 2 | |
ɪ | hit, sitting | AM | |
i: | see, heat | AM | |
ɒ | hot, rock | 3 | |
ɔ: | call, four | 4 5 | |
ʊ | put, could | AM | |
u: | blue, food | AM | |
aɪ | five, eye | AM | |
aʊ | now, out | AM | |
eɪ | say, eight | AM | |
oʊ | go, home | AM | 6 |
ɔɪ | boy, join | AM | |
eəʳ | where, air | 1 7 | |
ɪəʳ | near, here | 7 | |
ʊəʳ | pure, tourist | 7 |
| IPA | examples | listen | |
|---|---|---|---|
b | bad, lab | AM | |
d | did, lady | AM | |
f | find, if | AM | |
g | give, flag | AM | |
h | how, hello | AM | |
j | yes, yellow | AM | |
k | cat, back | AM | |
l | leg, little | AM | |
m | man, lemon | AM | |
n | no, ten | AM | |
ŋ | sing, finger | AM | |
p | pet, map | AM | |
r | red, try | AM | 8 |
s | sun, miss | AM | |
ʃ | she, crash | AM | |
t | tea, getting | AM | 9 |
tʃ | check, church | AM | |
θ | think, both | AM | |
ð | this, mother | AM | |
v | voice, five | AM | |
w | wet, window | AM | |
z | zoo, lazy | AM | |
ʒ | pleasure, vision | AM | |
dʒ | just, large | AM |
- 1.Almost all dictionaries use the
esymbol for the vowel in bed.The problem with this convention is thatein the IPA does not stand forthe vowel in bed; it stands for a different vowel that is heard, for example, in the German wordSeele.The “proper” symbol for the bed-vowel isɛ(do not confuse withɜ:).The same goes foreəvs.ɛə. - 2.In
əʳandɜ:ʳ,theʳis not pronounced in BrE, unless the sound comes beforea vowel (as in answering, answer it). In AmE,theʳis always pronounced, and the soundsare sometimes written asɚandɝ. - 3.In AmE,
ɑ:andɒare one vowel, socalm and cot have the same vowel. In American transcriptions,hot is written ashɑ:t. - 4.About 40% of Americans pronounce
ɔ:the same way asɑ:, so that caught and cot have the same vowel. Seecot-caught merger. - 5.In American transcriptions,
ɔ:is often written asɒ:(e.g. law =lɒ:),unless it is followed byr, in which case it remains anɔ:. - 6.In British transcriptions,
oʊis usually represented asəʊ. For some BrE speakers,oʊis more appropriate (they use a rounded vowel) — for others, the proper symbolisəʊ. For American speakers,oʊis usually more accurate. - 7.In
eəʳɪəʳʊəʳ,theris not pronounced in BrE, unless the sound comes beforea vowel (as in dearest, dear Ann). In AmE, theris always pronounced, andthe sounds are often written aserɪrʊr. - 8.All dictionaries use the
rsymbol for the first sound in red.The problem with this convention is thatrin the IPA does not stand forthe British or American r; it stands for the “hard” r that is heard, for example, in the Spanish wordrey or Italian vero. The “proper” symbol for the red-consonant isɹ.The reasonris used instead is that it’s easier to type and read. - 9.In American English,
tis often pronounced as a flap t, which sounds likedor (more accurately) like the quick, hardrheard e.g. in the Spanish word pero.For example: letter.Some dictionaries use thet ̬symbol for the flap t.
| IPA | what it means |
|---|---|
ˈ | The vertical line (ˈ) is used to show word stress. It is placed before the stressed syllable in a word.For example, /ˈkɒntrækt/ is pronouncedlike this, and/kənˈtrækt/like that.Word stress is explained in our article about phonetic transcription. |
ʳ |
However, in BrE, |
i | i is usually pronounced like a shorter version ofi:, but sometimes (especially in an old-fashioned British accent) it can sound like ɪ.Examples:very/ˈveri/,create/kriˈeɪt/,previous/ˈpri:viəs/,ability/əˈbɪlɪti/. |
əl |
Instead of |
ən |
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Does this chart list all the sounds that you can hear in British and American English?
No. This page contains symbols used in phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionariesfor English learners.It does not list all the possible sounds in American or British English.
For example, this page does not listthe regular t (heard in this pronunciation of letter) andthe flap t (heard in this one) with separate symbols.It groups them under a single symbol: t.(In other words, it groups a number of similar soundsunder a single phoneme, for simplicity.To understand how sounds are grouped into phonemes, read the article onphonemic transcription.)
So this page actually lists phonemes (groups of sounds), notindividual sounds.Each symbol in the chart can correspond to manydifferent (but similar) sounds, depending on the word and the speaker’s accent.
Take the phoneme p in the above chart.It occurs in the phonemic transcriptions of pin/pɪn/ andspin/spɪn/.In pin, this phoneme is pronounced with aspiration (breathing).This “aspirated p” sound has its own special symbol in the IPA: pʰ.In spin, the phoneme is pronounced “normally”;this “normal p” sound is represented by p in the IPA.So the pphoneme represents two sounds:p and pʰ.(This can be confusing, because p can mean both the p phonemeand the p sound.)
Typing the phonetic symbols
You won’t find phonetic symbols on your computer’s keyboard. How do you type them in a Word document, e-mail message, orSRS collection?
IPA fonts
To type IPA symbols on your computer, you need to use an IPA-enabled font.Fortunately, all modern operating systems have at least one font with IPA symbols. If IPA symbols are not working (for example, you’re gettingsquares or question marks instead of symbols), you should select an IPA-enabled font in your application.(This page has a list of recommended IPA fonts on various operating systems.)
However, in many (most?) cases, you won’t have to do anything – even if your current font is missing IPA symbols, many applications willautomatically “borrow” missing symbols from a font which has them (this is called font substitution). These borrowed charactersmay not match the look of your current font, but at least they will be readable.For best results, use an IPA-enabled font from the start.
Ipa Fonts Download
- You can use my free IPA phonetic keyboard at ipa.typeit.org. It enables you to type your transcriptions online,and copy & paste them to your document.This works well if you type phonetic transcriptions occasionally. However, if you do it frequently, it is not very efficient becauseevery time you want to type something, you have to switch to your browser, then copy & paste your text.
- You can use my app – TypeIt for Windows (costs $12.50). It lets you typeIPA phonetic transcriptions directly in any application or website.If you type phonetic transcriptions regularly, especially if you use them in your SRS, I would definitely recommend that youget the app, as it is inexpensive and it is the easiest, fastest way to type IPA symbols on your PC.
International Phonetic Alphabet Download Mac
You can also use the ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which represents IPA symbols with“normal” characters that you can type on your keyboard. The ASCII Phonetic Alphabet is not a standard system,but you can type it fast without special software.